€200 - €400
Star Lot: Adolfo Mastrovito (Italian, 1940-2000). A lovely Adolfo Mastrovito original oil on canvas painting titled 'Primavera'. Features an impressionistic scene of thatched roof cottage embedded amongst lush greenery. Rendered in short, expressive brushstrokes with highlights of white, pink, red and yellow. Signed lower right. Housed in a gilt frame. Mastrovito's work has a rich auction history with works fetching into the early hundreds at Barneby's.
MM: 49cm x 30cm including frame.
Adolfo Mastrovito (1940–2000) was an Italian painter whose work bridged the gap between realism and abstraction with a distinct impressionistic flair. Known for his mastery of light and color, Mastrovito's paintings often captured fleeting moments, with a focus on human figures and landscapes. His brushwork, energetic and expressive, evoked the emotional depth of his subjects, while his palette conveyed both vibrancy and subtlety. Influenced by the classical Italian tradition yet deeply attuned to modernist sensibilities, Mastrovito became a key figure in Italy’s postwar art scene, blending technical skill with a contemporary emotional resonance.
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